If you live in Virginia, and even if you don't, you really should visit the Big Meadows area in Shenandoah National Park. This is one of our very …
The places we go
Remarkable Trees of Virginia: Luray chinquapin oak
We traveled to the sweet little town of Luray to visit this enormous old chinquapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii) believed to have germinated in the …
Remarkable Trees of Virginia: Sperryville Sugar Maple
We pass this sugar maple, (Acer saccharum, one of the community trees featured in Remarkable Trees of Virginia) every time we head into the mountains …
At The Fall Fiber Festival and Sheep Dog Trials!
This weekend we took our kids to Montpelier's Fall Fiber Festival and Sheep Dog Trials. We had eagerly been anticipating this festival for …